What was found
AFTER DYE PENETRANT INSPECTION, TWO CRACKS WERE FOUND ON SHANK OUTSIDE DIAMETER OF BLADE. DEFECT MEASURES AT .476 INCH LENGTH BY .143 INCH WIDE.
- Difficulty date
- August 22, 1997
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N282AE
- Make and model
- Saab 340B
- Aircraft serial
- 340B282
- Propeller
- Hamstd 14RF19
- System (JASC)
- 6111 · Propeller Blade Section
- Part
- Blade
- Part number
- RFC11T
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fillet/Shank
- Part time
- 11,947 hours
- Component
- 14RF9
- Stage of operation
- IN
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.